As the Election Day countdown begins, with more than 94 million ballots already cast and US President Donald Trump still leading the polls through key swing states, internet searches about the presidential candidates have peaked across all states. According to Google Trends, 49% of the candidate searches were related to Joe Biden. On the other […]
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WASHINGTON: The global downturn sparked by the coronavirus pandemic will not be as bad as originally feared, IMF Chief Kristalina Georgieva said on Wednesday, but she also warned that the “crisis is far from over”. “The picture today is less dire … allowing for a small upward revision to our global forecast for 2020,” she said […]
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Queues of up to 7,000 heavy-goods vehicles could develop in southeast England from January if Britain leaves the European Union without a Brexit trading deal, the government forecast Wednesday. Outlining a “reasonable worst-case scenario”, senior minister Michael Gove said the government remained committed to a deal with the EU but urged businesses to prepare. Based […]
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Almost two million people in north-east England are expected to face local restrictions as coronavirus cases rise. Northumberland, Newcastle, Sunderland, North and South Tyneside, Gateshead and County Durham council areas are in discussions to get the measures. These may include pubs closing earlier and restrictions on households mixing. It comes as Prime Minister Boris Johnson […]
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The World Bank on Thursday said that the ongoing coronavirus pandemic threatens to diminish progress made in the last decade in improving child education and health, particularly in the poorest countries The conclusion comes in the Washington-based development lender’s Human Capital Index for 2020, which ranks countries on how well children are prepared for the […]
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